Summer with Barber and Copland

Barber / Stravinsky / Copland With the warm tones of Samuel Barber and Aaron Copland, you'll get summer in your head right away. These American masters combine symphonic sound drama with heartwarming harmonies. A feeling of happiness overcomes the listener when the delightful Appalachian Spring ballet suite sounds. Aaron Copland opens all sensitive registers for a dancing wedding celebration. This positive energy is sustained by colleague Samuel Barber. In the picturesque Knoxville, Summer of 1915 for soprano and orchestra, long, languid summer evenings and endless childhood dreams prevail. Great anticipation awaits the guest appearance of mezzo-soprano and Grammy winner Julia Bullock. The committed star vocalist is extraordinarily familiar with the American repertoire. She has performed Barber's Knoxville with the LA Philharmonic and London Philharmonic. As the crowning glory of summer sounds Stravinsky's Symphony in Three Movements. A whirling masterpiece with which the famous…